For context, I use Asahi’s Arch Linux running Wayland KDE on an M1 Mac with a touch bar. (Don’t anyone tell me it’s uNsUpOrTeD, OK?)
I’m trying to remap my apple keyboard’s modifier keys. Specificaly, I’m aiming for:
Command ⌘
changed toControl ^
Option ⌥
left asAlt
Control ^
left asControl ^
(yes 2 control keys)Function 🌐
changed to theSuper/Windows
key- And when
Caps lock ⇪
is held down, the number keys become function keys (Like howFn
originaly acted)
(This weird configuration is beacuse of the touch bar, so no function keys, and Macs have an extra modifier key (fn
). I will probably change some of these later, like the 2 control keys.)
What I’ve tried
Method | Problem |
---|---|
Creating and editing /etc/udev/hwdb.d/90-custom-modifiers.hwdb |
When running sudo systemd-hwdb update I get the error: /etc/udev/hwdb.d/90-custom-modifiers.hwdb:5: Property expected, ignoring record with no properties. EVEN THOUGH NOTHING IS WRONG |
Installing and configuring keyd |
Nothing happens |
Editing files from /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ and running setxkbmap -layout [FILE] |
I’m using Wayland WARNING: Running setxkbmap against an Xwayland server |
Using KDE Settings (System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard > Key Bindings ) |
Doesn’t do what I need (and who on earth designed that?) |
Using xmodmap |
Only works for the current user, only works in Xorg (I’m using Wayland). |
Editing /etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf |
Doesn’t do everything I need |
I’ve been trying to solve this for way too long, and nothing online is helping. Any help is appriciated.